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MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Genre: Road Movie, Romantic Comedy, Screwball Comedy, Comedy
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Summary:
Frank Capra's seminal screwball comedy, which won all five major Academy Awards for 1934, is still as breezy and beguiling today. Claudette Colbert plays Ellie Andrews, a spoiled heiress who has married fortune-hunting aviator King Westley (Jameson Thomas), despite her father (Walter Connolly)'s objections. To keep Ellie from marrying this lothario... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Clark Gable - (Peter Warne)
Claudette Colbert - (Ellie Andrews)
Walter Connolly - (Alexander Andrews)
Roscoe Karns - (Oscar Shapeley)
Jameson Thomas - (King Westley)
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Review:
Scripted by Capra's frequent collaborator Robert Riskin, Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934) became the prototypical screwball comedy and elevated ... Continue >>

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